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PLOW. No. 429,670. Patented'June 1o, 1890.

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PATENT ALBERT WILHELM, OF BRENHAlVL'TEXAS.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 429,670, dated June 10, 18,90.

Application filed April 5,1890. Serial No. 346,648. (No model.)

To au whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WILHELM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brenham, in the county of Washington and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This inventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements in plows; andit has forits object, among others, to provide an improved device of this character, which may be readily converted from a turning-plow to a shovelplow, or from a shovel-plow to a turning-plow, by resetting the bar, mold-board, and share, and which may be used either with a steel or wood beam, as desired.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically deiined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in whichy Figure l is a side elevation, with parts broken away, of a plow provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, with parts removed. and others broken away, showing the parts constituting my invention. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, with parts broken away, showing my improvements applied to a wooden plow-beam. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of my device removed from the plow.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a plow-beam of known construction. In Figs. l and 2 it is a metal beam, while in Fig. 3 it is of wood.

B is the mold-board, and O are the handles to the plow.

D is a bar, carrying at its forward end the point E, which may be of various shapes, as shown, for instance, in Figs. 2 and 4, and at the rear end of the point at its junction with the said bar, it being preferably integral therewith, there is formed a cnt or recess a., beneath which or into which the forward end of the mold-board enters,A as shown more clearly in Fig. l, and thus held and prevented from displacement in operation. The rear end of this bar is supported by the vertical bar E', the lower end of which is pivotally secured to the said bar, and at its upper end vertically-ad j ustably connected with the beam or with the handles, preferably by means of a removable bolt b and a plurality of holes in the said vertical bar. The handles are pivotally connected with the beam by means of the arms G, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

The forward ends of the handles have attached thereto the bars II, which are also connected to the plow-beam and their lower ends bent outward, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and to these ends the mold-board or landside is removably secured by suitable bolts.

When a metal plow-beam is employed, the rear end thereof is curved and extended downward sufiiciently far for attachment to the bar D, as shown in Figs. 'l and 2, where it is attached at its lower forward corner by a pivot c, and at its rear corner provided with acurved slot d, through which passes a bolt e into the bar D, as shown, so that the same` may be moved on its pivot and held in its adjusted position by the bolt in the said slot.

lVheu a wooden beam is employed, as shown in Fig. 3,'I form a standard I, which is the equivalent of the rearward and downward extension of the steel beam above described. This standard is at its lower end pivotally connected to the bar D, and at the rear lower corner provided with a curved slot f for a like purpose, as the slot in the instance of the employment of the metal beam. The upper end of this standard is formed or provided with a flat head or plate J, provided with suitable holes through which the securing means pass to secure it to the under side of the wooden beam, as shown in Fig. 3. The arms H are attached to this standard in any suitable manner.

Vhat I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the bar D and the beam connected therewith, of the arms H,

attached to the handles and having lateral twisted portions adapted to support the moldboard or landside, substantially as specified.

2. Theq combination, with the plow-beam and the bar D connected therewith and having a recess at the rear end of the point, eX-

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tending' beneath the said point, of the arms 1I, having lateral twisted portions, and the mold-board having,` its forward end entered in the said recess and at its rear end supported on the said ar ms,substantially as shown and described.

The combination, with Iche plow-beam having an integral rearward and downward extension, of the bar D, carryingl the point and pivotally and adj ustably connected with the extension of the beam, the arms on the said extension, the vertical pivoted bar E', connecting the bar D with said arms, and the mold-board secured to said arms, and its lower forward end held beneath the upper edge of the point, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the plow-beam, of the bar D, secured to an extension of the beam, and the vertical bar pivotally connected with Jbhe bar and vertically-adjustably oonneeted with the handles, the inclined arms G, connecting said vertical bar with the handles, as set forth.

5. The combination, with the beam, of the bar D, the vertical bar conn eating the same,tl1e beam formed with an extension pivotally connected with the bar, lthe rearwardly-extend inginelined arms G, extending from the beam to the handles, the handles, and the arms 1I on the forward ends of the handles and attaehed to the beam and adapted to support'l the mold-board, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT WILHELM.

\Vitnesses:

EvoN LoEFEN, P. MUNDELIUS. 

